While Chen Nian was making final improvements to the F119 engine data, over a certain sea area in the south, an EP-3E reconnaissance plane was flying across the sky quietly, flying towards the land in the distance. .
The 24 people on the crew were fully equipped, and all electronic detection equipment had been turned on. Even the usually careless pilots and co-pilots had put away their cynical expressions.
The reason is simple. This is not a simple reconnaissance mission like before, but an extremely dangerous trial.
The plane climbed to an altitude of 8,000 meters and began to fly around within 40 nautical miles of the coastline. Taking advantage of this short gap, the main pilot Lyons took a deep breath and turned to the co-pilot Wei. Si said:
"I really don't know what they are thinking... If we enter a sensitive area at this time, we will be shot down directly, right?"
Weiss on the side shook his head and replied:
"That's not the case. They will never open fire on us, because that would mean going to war directly."
"But just because they don't dare to fire doesn't mean they won't take any action."
"Our intelligence shows that the opponent has begun to practice roller maneuvers in a targeted manner, and it is said that a certain flying group is still studying the case of the scalpel in the Barents Sea..."
"They are not weak opponents, especially front-line pilots."
"Compared to ours, their equipment lags behind, so they often want to use their own lives to make up for the gap."
"As long as there is a slight mistake, it may lead to losses for both parties."
"So be careful, watch the radar, and if there are more than two fighter jets, immediately slow down and descend and get out of the danger zone."
Hearing Weiss's words, Lyons nodded slightly.
As the captain, his crisis response experience is naturally no worse than Weiss's. In fact, he knows what the other party said.
It's just that in such a tense moment, no one can maintain complete calmness and restraint. Instead, they always hope to find some comfort from others.
And a strong teammate is undoubtedly his greatest support when facing danger.
The plane was still flying smoothly. Lyons notified all crew members for the third time to check various equipment, and then said:
"Everyone check the self-destruct device. If an accident occurs, I require you to destroy all confidential data before the plane lands. Do you understand?"
"The situation last time must not happen again. If they get the data again, we might as well just give the aircraft's electronic system to them directly!"
"clear."
"receive."
"Don't worry, they can't catch us this time..."
Confusing replies came from the radio, and at this moment, Lyons received the "mission begins" signal.
He gave Weiss a look, then turned the nose of the plane. After turning at a large angle, the plane began to lose altitude.
The descent process stopped until we reached about 6,000 meters.
At this time, the EP-3E was only 100 nautical miles away from their target.
"Attention, the communication activities of the Chinese fleet have been intercepted, and the location is determined, Lingshui Airport."
"Sea communication activities were intercepted, and the location information is as follows..."
"No air target detected by radar."
"The communication activity signal is enhanced, and the signal environment recording analysis is started..."
As the broadcasts were passed one by one, Lyons became more and more nervous.
These are just some routine actions. If it is normal, even if the opponent discovers your actions, there is a high probability that they will not take the initiative to drive away.
Because apart from wandering records, our side will not make any offensive attempts.
But today is different.
Today's mission is not to stay at a range of about 70 nautical miles from the target location for reconnaissance as usual, but to continue to move forward to a range of 40 nautical miles.
Although this distance still does not enter the opponent's territorial waters, it has entered the coverage range of the shore-based radar.
In other words, if a conflict occurs, the opponent's shore-based anti-aircraft firepower can directly hit you!
Lyons felt cold sweat break out on his head.
At this moment, a new report suddenly came from the headphones.
"Two aircraft were spotted ahead, the Chinese are coming!"
Lyons felt nervous and immediately ordered:
"Reduce altitude, reduce speed!"
He secretly prayed in his heart that the two fighter jets on the opposite side must not take radical actions. Otherwise, it would be a trivial matter if the mission could not be completed. If they could not return, it would be over...
Just a few minutes later, two khaki-colored fighter jets passed over the EP-3E, and then a call from the other side came from the public communication channel.
"This is the training area of the Chinese Navy. You have entered our training area. Please leave immediately. Please leave immediately..."
Weiss looked at Lyons and asked:
"what to do?"
Lyons turned his head and looked through the porthole at the fighter jet on the left that was constantly flying with him, with a serious look on his face.
As the speed of the EP-3E further decreased, the two J-8s were obviously unable to cope with their capabilities.
Moreover, they did not take more deterrent actions as soon as they met, as they expected.
Does that mean that I can still...continue to challenge?
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and answered:
"Ignore them, slow down and keep going!"
Weiss looked at him in surprise and asked in disbelief:
"Lyons, are you sure you don't want to return?"
"No return! Weiss, look, they don't dare to do anything to us!"
"It's not just us who are afraid of them, they are afraid of us too!"
"We are afraid of losses, and they are also afraid of causing further conflicts, because now they have no strength to fight us!"
"So, they can only keep retreating. Now they have no bottom line!"
"This is the real intention of the base... They just want us to continue to lower the bottom line of the Chinese people!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Weiss immediately understood the situation.
He no longer hesitated and directly closed the public communication channel, cooperating with Lyons to continue controlling the plane to lower its altitude.
Just ten minutes later, the two J-8s were completely unable to fly with them and could only keep shuttling around the EP-3E.
Such shuttle does not pose any threat to EP-3E.
"Hahahahaha, Lyons, they really don't dare to do anything to us!"
"These Chinese people, there is no way they can fight against us!"
Wes laughed triumphantly, and a smile appeared on Lyons' face.
"I should have guessed it a long time ago...Okay, I admit that I was frightened by what happened to Bruni before."
"But now I understand."
"This is not an invasion of airspace. How can a country that has not even established an air defense identification zone pose a threat to us in public waters?"
"No matter how hard we try, their response is limited to this."
"Keep flying forward... We will definitely not see their warships today."
"However, as long as we lower their bottom line one step at a time, maybe one day we can really fly over the heads of tourists on their coast..."
Weiss nodded in agreement, and then asked with some concern:
"But we don't have any weapons..."
"arms?"
Lyons' tone was mocking.
"We don't have weapons, do they?"
"Look at those two antique fighter jets. They are just toys."
"Their J-10 is also a toy. With a toy like that, what can they do to us?"
"What's more... the base behind us and the country behind the base are our real weapons..."
